By Quoting, Essays

I couldn't find any info on this on the Internet, so I ask it here. I'm doing an essay and I want to add a quote in the text. However, I do not desire to quote the whole sentence, that is, I wish to quote only the things before a comma and not the things after the comma. I just can't remember how...

I've tried searching to see if anyone else has brought this up, but it doesn't seem likely. Anyway, my predicament is, as the title states, quoting a quote. Not exactly, anyway. Argh. On with the question. So, in English class for an essay, I'm quoting the author of a poem, who is in turn...

I didn't understood. In the essay, I'm not quoting the interviewer neither the interviwee, but I'm using this interview as a reference, among others, to what I'm presenting in this essay. On my reference section I have, for instance this entry: Foucault, Michel (1981), Histoire de la Folie à...

Stannum wrote: I can see no possible offence in your quoting of that widly known and heavily derided statistic. It will obviously earn you extra points for your essay. Don't kid yourself aboutt he freedom of speech aspect of this forum. It is far from a democracy. More like a...

Epitome wrote:Hi Sara,I was just getting references from various sources. As for the IQ-point, it was taken from this website. http://www.macalester.edu/psychology/whathap/ubnrp/intelligence05/Nintro.htmlAnd to all who I may/have offended, I sincerely apologise albeit with the knowledge that a...

Yankee wrote:I'm not confused about that, YL. Hi AmyWords: 1694 Rating: None Pages: 6.8 submitted by: Jillybeany26 ... In wet weather there is acid rain, acid snow, and acid fog. In dry weather there is acid ...www.freeforessays.com/show_essay/Science-A-53215.html - 13k - Cached - Similar...

Anonymous wrote: I will be using this at the end of my essay. Can you please tell me if I did my quoting correctly? For the purpose of this question, I am ending my paper, with a quote by so-and so: “Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is...

I will be using this at the end of my essay. Can you please tell me if I did my quoting correctly? For the purpose of this question, I am ending my paper, by defining leadership as being (in the words of Colin Powell and Sam Walton) “Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop...

lol I just found out what it is a quote of. OK, you could quote a Tupac song in your application essay if you really wanted to, as long as you referenced what you were quoting. And if you are quoting something, you quote it exactly, you don't tidy up irregular English. But are you really sure...

I was wondering if and how quotes should be edited when, for example, my essay is in British English, but my quotation is in American English. Also, in this century old text Phoenicia is written with a special kind of 'oe' (they're linked together). Should I alter this word into modern...